Privilege escalation via undisclosed Notepad permission flaw
Published Jun 19, 2023 · Updated Dec 11, 2024
Improper permission control in Huawei EMUI 13.0.0 Notepad allows attackers to escalate privileges via unspecified vectors. Huawei has not published the named code locus or the incorrect permission operation performed by the Notepad app. The public record does not identify the required attacker access or interaction, while bounding the consequence to privilege escalation affecting confidentiality and availability.
Summary
What happened
Improper permission control in Huawei EMUI 13.0.0 Notepad allows attackers to escalate privileges via unspecified vectors. Huawei has not published the named code locus or the incorrect permission operation performed by the Notepad app. The public record does not identify the required attacker access or interaction, while bounding the consequence to privilege escalation affecting confidentiality and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-34159
- Published
- Jun 19, 2023
- Updated
- Dec 11, 2024
- Vendor
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Product
- HarmonyOS
- Classifications
- T1404
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 19, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 11, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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